Who will win the 2025 Giro d'italia? First rest day poll

[Ilmaestro99]

We are 3 days in. Who do you predict will win the giro?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Honestly surprised poll thread enjoyer Netserk didn‘t make a poll today.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did Arensman get cloned?
"Arensmen"; now there's a whole army of them!

 

[Sciatic]

Did Arensman get cloned?
"Arensmen"; now there's a whole army of them!

You should know better than anyone we don’t tolerate cloning here!

 

[Gigs_98]

Pedersen!

 

[Cookster15]

Surprised anyone's picking Carapaz. And can we correct the spelling of Jai Hindley in the poll?

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Pedersen!

Which of the clones?

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Surprised anyone's picking Carapaz. And can we correct the spelling of Jai Hindley in the poll?

So that would be Hindley above Hindlet in the poll?

 

[Cookster15]

So that would be Hindley above Hindlet in the poll?

Fixed

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Fixed

Must be my eyes.
They still see that "surprise Carapaz guy" and now Hindlet is gone. Confusing!

 

[Alien Performance]

Roglic only loses this if he crashes. I've never been a believer in Ayuso and while he's impressed me this season he's still nowhere near Roglic's level.

 

[Potomac]

Another vote for Carapaz !

 

[Escarabajo]

Is it really a rest day? some riders would disagree!

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Rogla's advantage in the GC is small but the ITT was an early form barometer and confirmed the Slovenian's pre-race favourite status. I don't think there's anyone in this race on his level and it seems only a crash (or absolutely terrible weather) can hurt him.

 

[RedheadDane]

Surprised anyone's picking Carapaz. And can we correct the spelling of Jai Hindley in the poll?

Turns out; you can!

I assume it was also you who put an end to that "cloning Arensman" nonsense.
No army of Arensmen here, just one...

 

[Red Rick]

Rogla's advantage in the GC is small but the ITT was an early form barometer and confirmed the Slovenian's pre-race favourite status. I don't think there's anyone in this race on his level and it seems only a crash (or absolutely terrible weather) can hurt him.

Eeeh probably.

At the same time I wonder what the losing condition looks like if he doesn't crash. I can easily see it happening that while he's clearly the strongest, he's also not centuries ahead in GC because the route isn't made for that, and if gaps are small those big mountain stages aren't so trivial.

Plus, I think Siena is still a very big banana peel still. He looked very sus on the TdF gravel, but yes that was against much stronger opposition.

 

[Cookster15]

Turns out; you can!

I assume it was also you who put an end to that "cloning Arensman" nonsense.
No army of Arensmen here, just one...

We are learning . While at it I corrected some other spellings.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Eeeh probably.

At the same time I wonder what the losing condition looks like if he doesn't crash. I can easily see it happening that while he's clearly the strongest, he's also not centuries ahead in GC because the route isn't made for that, and if gaps are small those big mountain stages aren't so trivial.

Plus, I think Siena is still a very big banana peel still. He looked very sus on the TdF gravel, but yes that was against much stronger opposition.

Strade Bianche-mini is indeed a tricky stage. Plus I suppose he can actually have one weaker day in the mountains (esp. if the weather is very cold), which could jeopardize his GC campaign.

 

[solo80k]

Giulio Pellizzari as Other option. 👀

 

[AupaPyama]

Apparently a TT of 13,4k in stage 2 of a 3 week race can predict the final GC without any mountain finish seen?

 

[CyclistAbi]

I voted for Primož Roglič.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Poll stomp, though, Rogla is so back!

 

[Cycling111]

The Yates option is for two brothers?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Del Toro out of nowhere with the steelchair (against Ayuso)!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The Yates option is for two brothers?

I thought including both Yates was a waste of a poll choice, the voter can choose to interpret the Yates as Adam or Simon, and specify in a post of they want